Identity crisis: on Michel Bussi's After the Crash

[ Did this short review for Mint Lounge ] The French thriller Un Avion sans Elle , now translated into English as After the Crash , comes wi...

Darkness in pictures

[ My latest Forbes Life column. Earlier columns are here ] When I think of the graphic novels I have read – especially the ones with dark su...

At the Times of India lit-fests: Hrishi-da's Heroines + Cinema as Reflector of Change

If you’re based in Delhi or Mumbai (or there at the right time), do mark these dates please. I’ll be participating in the Times of India’s l...

‘Is this real?’ Pictures that lie, frames that mislead

[ My latest Mint Lounge column ] I’m looking at a colourful coaster I picked up from a shop that specialises in kitschy Bollywood memorabili...

"The magic of Smita-ness" - a book about Smita Patil

[ Did a version of this review for Open magazine ] One of the most cutting things a reviewer can say about a personality-centred book is tha...

Get Your Man (1927): Restoration Plays MoMA on Nov. 15 and 19

Back in 2000, David Stenn’s biography of Clara Bow, Runnin’ Wild ,  changed the way the Siren looked at this star. Years of scurrilous gossi...

On movie servants, then and now

[ Did this piece for The Indian Express ] The recent film Talvar has often been described as an objective presentation of competing scenari...